Poor nutrition is the leading cause of illness in the U.S. It’s associated with more than half a million deaths per year, according to the Department of Agriculture.
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers are debating how to help feed the hungry. Some said they want to cut government assistance, but others argued it is critical to the health of Americans., which funds programs that help combat food insecurity.
In a Senate committee room, Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock relayed a story from 2017. It was before he was a senator as Congress was debating the last Farm Bill. “In an act of civil disobedience, I actually got arrested protesting some of the cuts around food insecurity,” he recalled. “It’s good to be here and to have a voice and to be sitting at the table to help write the bill.”“Food insecurity is an all too familiar experience in rural and urban parts of my state,” Sen. John Boozman -Arkansas, said. “Thankfully, the nutrition programs that this committee authorizes, programs that I’ve been proud to support, are there to provide help.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture runs SNAP. Officials there said the stakes are high because poor nutrition is the leading cause of illness in the U.S. It’s associated with more than half a million deaths per year,Experts explained people who say they have trouble affording food are also at a higher risk of developing conditions like obesity, Diabetes and hypertension.
“It is imperative that we scale up the nutrition programs that we know are working, that are evidence-based, that are making a difference in people’s health and wellbeing,” Sen. Cory Booker New Jersey, said.“I’m going to be interested to see how the ‘Farm Bill’ has turned into a nutrition bill,” Sen. Mike Braun Indiana, said.. It urges the president to “enact work requirements as a feature of welfare reform.
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